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Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate (%) by country

Countries reporting
185
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
Cook Islands
Median
81.0%
Years covered
18
1994–2011
Data points
3,000

What the numbers show

Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate (%) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.0%, and the mean is 77.4%.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 522.2%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).

Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100.0% 2011 unchanged rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2010 up 20.5% rising
1 Dominica 100.0% 2011 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2011 unchanged rising
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2011 — volatile
1 Tonga 100.0% 2011 up 8.7% rising
7 Oman 97.0% 2011 up 7.8% rising
8 Micronesia (country) 96.0% 2011 down 4.0% flat
9 China 95.0% 2011 unchanged flat
9 Italy 95.0% 2003 up 18.8% flat
9 North Macedonia 95.0% 2011 up 6.7% rising
12 Kiribati 94.0% 2011 up 9.3% rising
13 Albania 93.0% 2011 up 2.2% rising
13 Fiji 93.0% 2011 up 9.4% falling
13 Cambodia 93.0% 2011 up 1.1% flat
13 Kuwait 93.0% 2011 up 27.4% rising
13 El Salvador 93.0% 2011 up 5.7% rising
13 Vietnam 93.0% 2011 unchanged flat
19 Burundi 92.0% 2011 up 15.0% rising
19 Bangladesh 92.0% 2011 up 10.8% rising
19 Algeria 92.0% 2011 up 9.5% rising
19 Jordan 92.0% 2011 up 7.0% falling
19 Laos 92.0% 2011 up 22.7% rising
19 Pakistan 92.0% 2011 up 19.5% rising
25 Afghanistan 91.0% 2011 up 8.3% rising
25 Bhutan 91.0% 2011 down 2.2% rising
25 Norway 91.0% 2010 up 30.0% rising
25 Slovakia 91.0% 2011 up 4.6% rising
25 East Timor 91.0% 2011 up 12.3% rising
30 Benin 90.0% 2011 up 13.9% rising
30 Ethiopia 90.0% 2011 up 18.4% rising
30 Indonesia 90.0% 2011 up 4.7% rising
30 Mauritius 90.0% 2011 down 3.2% falling
30 Nepal 90.0% 2011 up 3.4% rising
30 Philippines 90.0% 2011 up 2.3% rising
30 North Korea 90.0% 2011 unchanged rising
30 Solomon Islands 90.0% 2011 up 1.1% rising
30 Turkey 90.0% 2011 up 25.0% rising
39 Iraq 89.0% 2011 unchanged rising
39 Rwanda 89.0% 2011 up 45.9% rising
41 Costa Rica 88.0% 2011 up 37.5% rising
41 Cuba 88.0% 2011 down 5.4% flat
41 Egypt 88.0% 2011 up 7.3% rising
41 Gambia 88.0% 2011 up 23.9% rising
41 Honduras 88.0% 2011 up 2.3% rising
41 India 88.0% 2011 up 63.0% rising
41 Iceland 88.0% 2010 down 12.0% falling
41 Kenya 88.0% 2011 up 10.0% rising
41 Marshall Islands 88.0% 2011 up 2.3% rising
41 Sierra Leone 88.0% 2011 up 10.0% rising
41 Tanzania 88.0% 2011 up 8.6% rising
41 Yemen 88.0% 2011 up 15.8% rising
41 Zambia 88.0% 2011 up 18.9% rising
54 Democratic Republic of Congo 87.0% 2011 up 13.0% rising
54 Eritrea 87.0% 2011 up 8.8% rising
54 Sri Lanka 87.0% 2011 up 8.8% rising
54 Serbia 87.0% 2011 up 2.4% flat
54 Tunisia 87.0% 2011 down 3.3% falling
59 Bulgaria 86.0% 2011 down 1.1% flat
59 Bolivia 86.0% 2011 up 4.9% rising
59 Ghana 86.0% 2011 up 53.6% rising
59 Guatemala 86.0% 2011 up 1.2% rising
59 Liberia 86.0% 2011 up 13.2% rising
59 Mexico 86.0% 2011 up 13.2% rising
59 Myanmar 86.0% 2011 up 6.2% rising
59 Montenegro 86.0% 2011 up 186.7% rising
59 Mongolia 86.0% 2011 down 1.1% rising
59 Nicaragua 86.0% 2011 up 3.6% rising
59 Somalia 86.0% 2011 unchanged flat
70 Iran 85.0% 2011 unchanged flat
70 Mozambique 85.0% 2010 up 13.3% rising
70 Malawi 85.0% 2011 up 21.4% rising
70 Nigeria 85.0% 2011 up 7.6% rising
70 Romania 85.0% 2011 up 13.3% rising
70 Senegal 85.0% 2011 up 60.4% rising
70 Togo 85.0% 2011 up 44.1% rising
70 Thailand 85.0% 2011 up 13.3% rising
70 Uruguay 85.0% 2011 unchanged rising
79 Haiti 84.0% 2011 up 15.1% rising
79 Namibia 84.0% 2011 up 33.3% rising
79 Panama 84.0% 2011 up 31.2% rising
79 Syria 84.0% 2011 up 3.7% rising
79 Turkmenistan 84.0% 2009 up 40.0% rising
84 Dominican Republic 83.0% 2011 up 6.4% rising
84 Madagascar 83.0% 2011 up 20.3% rising
84 Singapore 83.0% 2011 up 7.8% falling
84 Sweden 83.0% 2011 up 33.9% rising
84 Samoa 83.0% 2011 up 7.8% rising
89 Djibouti 82.0% 2011 up 32.3% rising
89 Guinea 82.0% 2011 up 10.8% rising
89 Vanuatu 82.0% 2011 down 6.8% falling
92 Botswana 81.0% 2011 up 3.8% rising
92 Maldives 81.0% 2011 down 16.5% falling
92 Netherlands 81.0% 2011 up 6.6% rising
92 Slovenia 81.0% 2011 down 1.2% flat
92 Zimbabwe 81.0% 2011 up 14.1% rising
97 Cameroon 80.0% 2011 up 29.0% rising
97 United Kingdom 80.0% 2011 up 3.9% rising
97 South Korea 80.0% 2011 up 1.3% rising
97 Lebanon 80.0% 2011 down 12.1% flat
97 Morocco 80.0% 2011 down 10.1% falling
97 Niger 80.0% 2011 up 25.0% rising
97 Portugal 80.0% 2011 up 2.6% rising
97 Tajikistan 80.0% 2011 up 11.1% flat
97 Venezuela 80.0% 2011 up 2.6% rising
106 Malaysia 79.0% 2011 unchanged flat
106 South Africa 79.0% 2011 up 29.5% rising
108 Azerbaijan 78.0% 2011 up 1.3% falling
108 Burkina Faso 78.0% 2011 up 20.0% rising
108 Cote d'Ivoire 78.0% 2011 up 8.3% rising
108 Ecuador 78.0% 2011 up 9.9% rising
108 Kyrgyzstan 78.0% 2011 down 3.7% rising
108 Paraguay 78.0% 2011 up 8.3% rising
108 United States 78.0% 2011 down 6.0% flat
108 Uzbekistan 78.0% 2011 up 2.6% flat
116 Australia 77.0% 2011 up 10.0% rising
116 Belgium 77.0% 2011 up 20.3% rising
116 Colombia 77.0% 2011 up 8.5% flat
116 Cape Verde 77.0% 2011 up 83.3% rising
116 Israel 77.0% 2011 down 9.4% flat
116 Uganda 77.0% 2011 up 37.5% rising
122 Brazil 76.0% 2011 up 38.2% rising
122 Georgia 76.0% 2011 up 13.4% rising
124 Croatia 75.0% 2010 up 7.1% rising
124 Tuvalu 75.0% 2011 down 12.8% rising
126 Lesotho 74.0% 2011 up 4.2% rising
126 Peru 74.0% 2011 down 17.8% falling
128 United Arab Emirates 73.0% 2011 up 17.7% falling
128 Guinea-Bissau 73.0% 2011 up 30.4% rising
128 Lithuania 73.0% 2011 up 1.4% flat
128 Latvia 73.0% 2011 unchanged rising
128 Mauritania 73.0% 2011 up 25.9% rising
128 Eswatini 73.0% 2011 up 102.8% rising
134 Guyana 72.0% 2011 down 1.4% rising
134 Sao Tome and Principe 72.0% 2011 up 14.3% rising
134 Trinidad and Tobago 72.0% 2011 unchanged flat
137 Austria 71.0% 2011 up 10.9% falling
137 Chile 71.0% 2011 down 14.5% falling
137 Congo 71.0% 2011 up 7.6% rising
140 Bahamas 70.0% 2011 up 9.4% rising
140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0% 2011 down 28.6% rising
140 Germany 70.0% 2011 up 4.5% rising
140 Equatorial Guinea 70.0% 2010 down 14.6% falling
140 Sudan 70.0% 2011 down 12.5% rising
145 Czechia 69.0% 2011 down 5.5% flat
145 Hungary 69.0% 2010 up 7.8% falling
145 Papua New Guinea 69.0% 2011 up 3.0% flat
148 Central African Republic 68.0% 2011 up 25.9% rising
148 Mali 68.0% 2011 up 36.0% rising
148 Chad 68.0% 2011 up 17.2% rising
151 Finland 67.0% 2011 — flat
151 Nauru 67.0% 2010 up 168.0% rising
151 Seychelles 67.0% 2011 unchanged falling
154 Brunei 66.0% 2011 up 17.9% rising
155 Denmark 65.0% 2010 down 24.4% falling
156 Cyprus 64.0% 2011 down 30.4% falling
156 Ireland 64.0% 2011 up 14.3% rising
158 Armenia 63.0% 2011 down 30.0% falling
159 Canada 62.0% 2011 up 47.6% rising
159 Moldova 62.0% 2011 down 3.1% flat
161 Kazakhstan 61.0% 2011 down 21.8% falling
161 Saudi Arabia 61.0% 2011 down 20.8% flat
163 Belarus 60.0% 2011 down 17.8% falling
163 Poland 60.0% 2011 down 21.1% falling
165 Estonia 59.0% 2011 down 7.8% falling
165 Libya 59.0% 2011 down 3.3% flat
167 Malta 58.0% 2011 down 42.0% falling
167 Ukraine 58.0% 2011 up 34.9% falling
169 Saint Lucia 57.0% 2011 up 14.0% flat
169 Palau 57.0% 2011 down 43.0% flat
171 New Zealand 56.0% 2011 up 522.2% rising
171 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.0% 2011 down 30.0% volatile
173 Angola 55.0% 2011 down 19.1% rising
174 Russia 54.0% 2011 down 19.4% falling
175 Argentina 52.0% 2011 down 14.8% rising
175 Japan 52.0% 2010 up 15.6% falling
177 Gabon 51.0% 2011 up 8.5% falling
178 Qatar 49.0% 2011 down 18.3% falling
179 Jamaica 47.0% 2011 up 4.4% falling
180 Bahrain 34.0% 2011 down 60.9% volatile
181 Comoros 25.0% 2011 down 72.8% falling
182 Antigua and Barbuda 17.0% 2011 down 83.0% falling
183 Belize 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
183 Luxembourg 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
183 Cook Islands 0.0% 2011 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 3,000 data points, 1994–2011
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